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Jeebo

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4. You need to add an option.

Reply to swimboy (Original post)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 05:21 PM

Sunday

The missing option is what happened.

Is your clock one of the digital ones that automatically sets itself on daylight saving time?

If it is, it got to 2 a.m., sprang forward to 3 a.m.., and because it never was 2:30 a.m., the alarm never rang. However, it might have rung the next time it was 2:30 a.m., during the wee hours Monday.

If your clock is one of the old-fashioned spring-driven wind-up clocks, the alarm rang at 2:30 a.m. standard time. It had to be "sprung forward" to daylight time manually.

— Ron

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I set an alarm for 2:30am during spring forward [View all] swimboy Sunday OP

Alarm sounded at 230 of course BlueWaveNeverEnd Sunday #1

On a clock or a phone? underpants Sunday #2

On iPhone swimboy Sunday #3

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You need to add an option. Jeebo Sunday #4

Do you have to wait until October? surrealAmerican Sunday #5

Clock skipped right past it because that hour doesn't exist today. Iggo Sunday #6

The alarm sounded at 3:30 swimboy Yesterday #8